The Heckler & Koch XM8 is a lightweight assault rifle system developed from the late 1990s to early 2000s. The rifle was designed by German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K), and shares design and engineering with their G36 rifle.

2022年1月16日 · The XM8 system grew out of the U.S. Army’s XM29 program in search of a successor to the in-service M4, and here is a behind-the-scenes look at Heckler & Koch's configurable system.

2022年12月3日 · Many challengers have come and gone, but the XM8 stands out because it actually achieved an XM designation. It seems like every few years, the military seeks to …

目前的计划是在2005年首先在两个步兵旅装备XM8，虽然美国国会取消了在2005年预算和追加预算中提供约二千七百万美元的采购费用，但陆军不放弃在2005年正式装备XM8的打算，因此陆军现在正在考虑从现有的资金方面中挖钱出来。

HK was kind enough to let our class shoot the XM8 from the Gray Room. This is the real full auto version. This is the only one in North America. This gun never went into production, but it was...

The Heckler & Koch XM8 is a modular assault rifle system designed by Heckler & Koch. Originally conceived as the assault rifle portion of the XM29 OICW, the XM8 was designed in 2002 as a possible replacement for the M4 carbine and M16 rifle series and is heavily based on Heckler & Koch's G36 rifle series.

The XM8 is a derivative of the Heckler-Koch G36 assault rifle, and thus it is almost similar to that rifle in design and functioning. XM8 features a short piston stroke, gas operated action, with rotating bolt locking.

The M4 in CODM is the first rifle you own, and its real life counterpart is actually a sporting carbine called the War Sport Industries LVOA-C. This is a direct-gas impingement rifle based on the AR-15 platform, chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO or .223 Wylde.

2014年12月24日 · SRC is your best option for an XM8 but with what I heard, it'll need a better gearbox. I believe it's V3. Also, XM8s have little metal on the externals so a polymer composite would be true to real steel.

2018年4月20日 · Larry Vickers has the closest thing most any of us will ever have to a true XM-8 rifle, and has more than a little trigger time on the original XM-8 rifles. So, I asked him to explain what the rifle was and why it failed to become the new American service rifle. It’s a fascinating story that will give you a lot of insight into the state of rifle development over the last 20 years!